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lipodystrophy

lipodystrophy

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A condition where the body has too much or too little fat in some parts
  • noun
  • /ˌlɪpəˈdɪstrəfi/
  • Specialized
: lipodistrofia
  • One patient has been identified with a homozygous nonsense mutation of caveolin-1 that resulted in the clinical features of Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy (92).

Examples

  • Lipodystrophy is a medical condition that results in an abnormal distribution of fat tissue in the body.

  • OK, Now, most people when they think of lipodystrophy, they're always talking about the belly, right?

  • In addition to the PLIN and CIDE proteins, mutations in two additional proteins involved in LD physiology have been linked to the development of human lipodystrophy.

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  • This patient had partial lipodystrophy with absence of femerogluteal and lower-limb adipose tissue, along with insulin-resistant diabetes, hypertriglyceridemia, and hepatic steatosis (see Figure 1).

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  • The doctor explained that lipodystrophy can cause issues like insulin resistance due to uneven fat distribution.

  • Patients with lipodystrophy may develop fatty growths in unusual areas, leading to significant health complications.

Surface Forms

lipodystrophy singular
lipodystrophies plural

Morphology

lipodystrophy = dystrophy (semi-transparent) = lipo + dystrophy + lipo

The prefix 'lipo-' clearly relates to fat, but the medical condition's specific meaning requires specialized knowledge.

Etymology

The word lipodystrophy breaks into lipo- ('fat'), dys- ('bad' or 'wrong'), and -trophy ('growth' or 'nourishment'). So, lipodystrophy means a problem with how the body grows or stores 'fat', which explains its modern meaning of uneven or abnormal fat distribution.